Dragonhaven

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272 pages

English language

Published June 15, 2007 by G P Putnam.

ISBN:
978-0-399-24675-3
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OCLC Number:
122525557

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3 stars (3 reviews)

When Jake Mendoza, who lives in the Smokehill National Park where his father runs the Makepeace Institute of Integrated Dragon Studies, goes on his first solo overnight in the park, he finds an infant dragon whose mother has been killed by a poacher and decides to raise it in secret, committing a federal offense.

4 editions

reviewed Dragonhaven by Robin McKinley

Review of 'Dragonhaven' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Perhaps I misremember, but I believe this is the first McKinley I have ever read with a male protagonist.

I read this book without having so much as read the front flap and had fun, so if you'd like to do so, go now! It is good times! It's like if [author:McKinley] ate [author:Diana Wynne Jones]' tasty brains.

The book is told from the point of fifteen year-old Jake Mendoza, and at no point does McKinley sacrifice the authenticity of that voice for clarity, or pacing. This frequently results in massive digressions, and choppy exposition, but I enjoyed it quite a bit. I'm guessing some people might find it annoying, though.

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Subjects

  • Dragons -- Fiction
  • Human-animal communication -- Fiction
  • Animals, Mythical -- Fiction
  • Science fiction